Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A display panel, comprising: a display region including a first side and an opposite second side; and a non-display region surrounding the display region, the non-display region including a third side and an opposite fourth side along an outer edge of the display panel, and the fourth side of the non-display region being in parallel with the second side of the display region, wherein: the non-display region includes at least one first groove and a bonding region, both the at least one first groove and the bonding region being adjacently disposed, side-by-side along a first direction parallel with the second side of the display region, between the second side of the display region and the fourth side of the non-display region, the at least one first groove being enclosed by the non-display region, the at least one first groove not overlapping with the bonding region in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the display panel, and the bonding region being bonded with one of an integrated circuit and a flexible circuit board on the bonding region, along a thickness direction of the display panel, the at least one first groove penetrates through the display panel, one or more hardware units are installed in a region where the at least one first groove is located, the at least one first groove and the bonding region are disposed at a same side of the display region, and the non-display region of the display panel further includes a second groove, the second groove including a fingerprint identification unit and being at least partially enclosed by the display region of the display panel.
2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein: along the thickness direction of the display panel, the second groove penetrates through the display panel; and the fingerprint identification unit is disposed in the second groove.
3. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising: a base substrate and a plurality of film layers disposed on the base substrate, wherein: along the thickness direction of the display panel, the second groove penetrates through at least a portion of a film layer, and the fingerprint identification unit is disposed in a region of the display panel where the second groove is disposed.
4. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising: a first border, wherein: the first border is recessed towards inside of the display panel to form the second groove; and the second groove is partially enclosed by the display region.
5. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein: the second groove is completely disposed at the display region.
6. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising: a first border and a second border arranged opposite to each other along the first direction, wherein: a distance between the second groove and the first border is d1, a distance between the second groove and the second border is d2, and d1<d2, d1>0, and d2>0.
7. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising: the bonding region is a stripe-shaped region extending along the first direction; and the bonding region has a first side and a second side arranged opposite to the first side along the first direction.
8. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein: the bonding region extends along a first direction; along the first direction, a width of the display region is D1, and a width of the first groove is D2; and 20%*D1<D2<60%*D1.
9. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein: the at least one first groove has one of a circular, an elliptical and a quadrangular shape.
10. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein: the second groove has one of a circular, an elliptical and a quadrangular shape.
11. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein: the fingerprint identification unit includes a plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes or a plurality of optical sensitive diodes.
12. A display apparatus, comprising: a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises: a display region including a first side and an opposite second side, and a non-display region surrounding the display region, the non-display region including a third side and an opposite fourth side along an outer edge of the display panel, and the fourth side of the non-display region being in parallel with the second side of the display region, wherein: the non-display region includes at least one first groove and a bonding region, both the at least one first groove and the bonding region being adjacently disposed, side-by-side along a first direction parallel with the second side of the display region, between the second side of the display region and the fourth side of the non-display region, the at least one first groove being enclosed by the non-display region, the at least one first groove not overlapping with the bonding region in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the display panel, and the bonding region being bonded with one of an integrated circuit and a flexible circuit board on the bonding region, along a thickness direction of the display panel, the at least one first groove penetrates through the display panel, one or more hardware units are installed in a region where the at least one first groove is located, the at least one first groove and the bonding region are disposed at a same side of the display region, and the non-display region of the display panel further includes a second groove, the second groove including a fingerprint identification unit and being at least partially enclosed by the display region of the display panel.
13. The display apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein: the one or more hardware units include at least one of a camera and a headphone.
14. The display apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein: the bonding region is a stripe-shaped region extending along the first direction; and the bonding region has a first side and a second side arranged opposite to the first side along the first direction.
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December 8, 2020
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